An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz

Songket is generally valued for its beautiful designs and patterns and not for the originality of ideas, which flows from the creative minds and the skilful hands of the gifted songket weavers. This is a qualitative research on ethnomathematics to investigate the mathematical concepts, mathematical...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan
Format:	Book Section
Language:	English
Published:	Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2016
Subjects:	Malaysia Art of dress. Theory. Aesthetics. Costume design
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/1/ABS_NOR%20MAIZAN%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20TDRA%20VOL%2010%20IGS%2016.pdf

id	uitm-20025
recordtype	eprints
spelling	uitm-200252018-06-11T03:30:19Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/ An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan Malaysia Art of dress. Theory. Aesthetics. Costume design Songket is generally valued for its beautiful designs and patterns and not for the originality of ideas, which flows from the creative minds and the skilful hands of the gifted songket weavers. This is a qualitative research on ethnomathematics to investigate the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers. In particular, the mathematics used in the songket weaving process, the motifs and patterns design process and the mathematical concepts found in a few selected songket patterns. Purposive sampling is used to select the subjects of this research. The songket weavers being the subjects for this study fall under two categories; six older generation traditional weavers and three younger generation contemporary weavers. Three mathematics lecturers from Universiti Teknologi MARA were chosen to be the respondents in identifying perceptions on the mathematical concepts that exist in the weaving process and the songket patterns. Questionnaires, observations, semi-structured and unstructured interviews were used to gather the data. The observations and interviews were videotaped and data was analysed using the framework of Universal Integrated Approach. This study has shown that songket weaving not only requires special skill and creativity, but mathematical knowledge and mathematical thinking is also embedded in the creative and artistic minds of the Malay songket weavers… Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM 2016 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/1/ABS_NOR%20MAIZAN%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20TDRA%20VOL%2010%20IGS%2016.pdf Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan (2016) An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz. In: The Doctoral Research Abstracts. IGS Biannual Publication, 10 (10). Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam.
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
building	UiTM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	Malaysia Art of dress. Theory. Aesthetics. Costume design
spellingShingle	Malaysia Art of dress. Theory. Aesthetics. Costume design Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz
description	Songket is generally valued for its beautiful designs and patterns and not for the originality of ideas, which flows from the creative minds and the skilful hands of the gifted songket weavers. This is a qualitative research on ethnomathematics to investigate the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers. In particular, the mathematics used in the songket weaving process, the motifs and patterns design process and the mathematical concepts found in a few selected songket patterns. Purposive sampling is used to select the subjects of this research. The songket weavers being the subjects for this study fall under two categories; six older generation traditional weavers and three younger generation contemporary weavers. Three mathematics lecturers from Universiti Teknologi MARA were chosen to be the respondents in identifying perceptions on the mathematical concepts that exist in the weaving process and the songket patterns. Questionnaires, observations, semi-structured and unstructured interviews were used to gather the data. The observations and interviews were videotaped and data was analysed using the framework of Universal Integrated Approach. This study has shown that songket weaving not only requires special skill and creativity, but mathematical knowledge and mathematical thinking is also embedded in the creative and artistic minds of the Malay songket weavers…
format	Book Section
author	Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan
author_facet	Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan
author_sort	Abdul Aziz, Nor Maizan
title	An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz
title_short	An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz
title_full	An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz
title_fullStr	An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz
title_full_unstemmed	An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz
title_sort	ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the malay songket weavers / nor maizan abdul aziz
publisher	Institute of Graduate Studies, UiTM
publishDate	2016
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20025/1/ABS_NOR%20MAIZAN%20ABDUL%20AZIZ%20TDRA%20VOL%2010%20IGS%2016.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T23:03:48Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T23:03:48Z
_version_	1777418348810731520

An ethnomathematical case study on the mathematical concepts, mathematical practices and beliefs of the Malay songket weavers / Nor Maizan Abdul Aziz

Similar Items